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Called by God to tell the city of Ninevah to repent, Yonah famously ran away on a ship only to be swallowed by a large fish...
...Iraqis vote for it and two-thirds of voters in any three provinces don't vote against it. Sunnis, who make up 20% of Iraq's 27 million people, hold large enough majorities in the provinces of Anbar and Sulahadin. If they turned out in large enough numbers in Ninevah province, there is a chance the constitution may be defeated...
...each alleged bomber makes a statement announcing his intention, but without naming the specific target. Abu Thabet al-Muhajer believed to have carried out an attack last December 9th in Ninevah province, vows to continue the struggle against the Americans "until Palestine is free" and "as long as our brothers are suffering inside the jails of the tyrants...
This belief in restraint has roots in my faith. A few weeks ago, I heard two very important stories during the service. In the first, Jonah, a reluctant prophet recently released from a whale's belly preaches death and destruction to the city of Ninevah unless they repent. The city repents, is forgiven and is not destroyed. Jonah is furious at being made to look like a liar. God reminds the prophet that in anger, he has forgotten that life is not his to give and take--and there are a great many lives in Ninevah...
...spirit and determination of the Pilgrims: "I say we can rebuild this nation into a nation that's great, that's a leader. The Pilgrims built it from nothing--we certainly have a lot more to build on than they had." A minute later, we are speaking about Ninevah and Tyre, Sodom and Gomorrah: "If we do not legislate morality, we are going to end up with worse chaos than we have now. In other words, if we say it's okay to go out in the streets and solicit prostitution or homosexuality--well, that's what we're allowing...